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Arnold Hoffmann, Jr. (1915 - 1991), New York painter and silkscreen
artist, studied with well known New York painting teachers Ivan Olinsky and
Leon Kroll at the Art Students League and the National Academy. He had a distinguished career as Art Director for the New York
Times Magazine, where he was employed for 30 years. In his silkscreen
studio at Springs, Long Island, he was master printer for Esteban
Vicente, James Brooks, Robert Dash, William King and Robert Gwathmey, as
well as producing his own silkscreen prints. For more information, refer
to art critic Helen A. Harrison's book, Silkscreen: Arnold
Hoffmann Jr. and the Art of the Print, Published in 1995.
Silkscreen
Silkscreen, or serigraphy, is a fine art printmaking process. Each
color in an image is printed separately from a nylon mesh stretched
across a frame -- the
"silkscreen". Ink is forced through a stencil or blocked area
of the screen with a squeegee. Successive colors are printed in
sequence, with overlap producing layers that may be translucent or
opaque. Several prints are produced, approved, and published to
make up an edition. Hampton Editions, Ltd., is proud to present this
fine collection of prints by the renowned American artist, Arnold
Hoffmann, Jr.
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